Optical Arbitrary Waveform Generation Based on Sampled Fiber Bragg Gratings

Two approaches are proposed for generating optical arbitrary waveforms using sampled fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). The manipulation of the optical spectrum of an input pulse is achieved by a sampled FBG which is fabricated using a novel technique based on the reconstruction-equivalent-chirp (REC) method. The key advantage of the REC technique is that it can produce FBGs with various phase profiles using a fabrication system having only micrometer precision. Two examples for the generation of Gaussian doublet pulses are demonstrated, which would find applications in ultra-wideband over fiber systems.